Ask anyone sitting on a sport bike what he (or she) would like to be and the answer will most likely be “a pilot”. But since most people don’t have the gift, nor were they born in a family with the resources for that, the most one can hope for is to ride with these guys that inspire us all to do stupid things. And it’s not their fault. The problem is that we try to imitate them with no equipment, riding with bad tires on bad asphalt.In august I had the chance to learn from and to ride with one of the best pilots in the world: Ruben Xaus. If you want to know more about him, click here because this post is about the difference between learning in school and learning from a pilot.When I took lessons at the California Superbike School, the whole purpose was to make you learn the theory through practice. What happens is that, due to “survival reactions” and the way our bodies work, most of the things we do on a motorbike is wrong. To prove how wrong you are and how right the theory is, they make you ride without using the brakes, without changing gears, or with one hand only. Each exercise serves a specific purpose and is undoubtably very efficient. You leave the course thinking (and riding) differently.The only problem with all that is that, in a race, you will never complete a decent lap without changing gears or (ab)using the brakes (let alone letting go of the handlebar). Which brings us to Ruben Xaus’ master class.You feel the difference immediately. The school helps overcome fear, Ruben doesn’t even acknowledge its existence. The school asks you not to shift, Ruben tells you how to shift correctly and explains what happens if you don’t (you lose 1/2 a second per shift). The school shows you graphs, Ruben shows you at the track. We had 7 20-minute sessions per day for 2 days. It’s a lot. Despite the usual effort to ride in leathers, the heat was unbearable. I had to skip the penultimate session each day to hydrate myself and gather some strength for the last session because it is a real race with everyone.Kazan’s racetrack is amazing. That’s a good thing because that’s all I got to see of this amazing city due to fatigue. It all began with the flight: I arrived at 3h in the morning. From there to the hotel I lost another hour of sleep. To make matters worse, there was an idiot at the hotel reception discussing the difference between booking a room and paying for one (he thought the booking confirmation was proof of payment). Another 45 minutes of agony (I had to be at the track at 8h). Flight, little sleep, riding, heat. I think I could sum up the weekend like this: airport-taxi-hotel-taxi-track-hotel-taxi-track-taxi-airport. The only picture I got from the city was a building under construction next to the hotel. But don’t worry: soon I’ll write a second post full of pictures of Kazan.

PS - Just so you understand the difference between us mortals and a pilot, click here. While we are more than happy to scrape our knees on the road, they think it’s normal to scrape their elbows.

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